Ornamental chain



Sept. 17, 1929. FASSNACHT 1,728,266

ORNAMENTAL CHAIN Filed May 25, 1928 IIIIX ll IN V EN TOR.

Kar/ iZaxsvzanZ [i zm WW ATTORNEYS.

Patented Sept. 1 7

UNlTED STATES PATENT or FlCE KARL rassnacn'r, or PROVIDENCE, anon: istarm, assrenoaro'srnmnr. 01mm (10., or PROVIDENCE, rmonn ISLAND, A man: COMPOSED or FBEDERIC sPEmEL AND EUGEN SPEIDEL, 30m or rronznnm, GERMANY OBNAMENTAL CHAIN 1 Application filed Kay 25, 1928. Serial No. 280,581.

X This invention relates to an ornamental chain, and has'for its object to provide a link which may have an ornament or. gem mounted therein without the use of solder.

A still further object of the invention is theprovision of a link formed from sheet .metal with an opening therein and bendable arms extending into said opening, which arms, by their bending, may 1 receive and mount an'ornamental gem in bead-like form in the link.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as willbe more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of achain showing the gems as mounted in position.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the links previous to its having a gem mounted therein.

Figure 4 is a sectional side view with the arms of the link bent in position for receiving the gem.

Figure 5 is a side elevation showing the gem vin one of the positions it assumes 1n being mounted in the link.

Figure 6 is a sectional side view showing the gem as mounted in the link.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of'two of the links in their finished form connected together. I

Figure 8 is a perspective view of a modified showing with the arms soldered to the edges of the opening.

It is found in the construction of chains for personal adornment of the character in which ornaments such as gems or the like are to be positioned in the links, that, if any soldering operations are used for their mounting, the lustre of the gem is diminished to an appreciable extent, and in order to avoid this. undesirable result, I have formed the mounting in such a way that no soldering operation is necessary while the gem is positioned in the link, by cutting the link from sheet stock with an opening there in and providing arms extending toward each other which may be bent upward to extend into a gem having a recess or hole therein to receive the ends of said arms and as illustrated at 14 in Figure 4 to receive an ornament or gem 15 shown in bead-like form with a hole 16 therethrough and the end portions 17 and 18 of the arms are bent as illustrated in Figure 5 to enter the hole 16 inthe ornament which may then be moved into position in the openings asillustrated'in Figure 6, which bends the arms" back into position in the general plane of,

the body part of the links as shown in Figures 6 and 7, and retains the ornaments 1 centrally with the link openings, due to the engagement of the sides of the arms with the hole 16. Y

In Figure 8, the arms 22 and 23 are soldered as at 24 to the edges of the opening 11 instead of beingintegral therewith, as illustrated in Figure 3. However, the method of mounting is the same and such construction would be used only where the body part of the link is desired to be formed of material ofsuch stiffness that it would not permit bending of the arms which are cut from the stock thereof.

Any suitable means may be used forfcon-c but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilegemf resortin to. all the mechanical changes to which tIle device is susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim i 1. Ina chain for personal adornment, a

ornamental link having a body part with an r openingtherethrough, arms attached to said body part positioned in the plane of the link l ,and extending laterally into said opening,

and an ornament having means to IGCBlVB said arms to hold it in sald opening spaced from the sides thereof. 2. In a chain for personal adornment, an ornamental link'having a body part with an opening therethrough, an ornament'havinga hole therethrough, and means in said hole positioned in the plane of the link and attached to opposite sides of the opening in the. body part to support said ornament in said opening spaced from the sides thereof.

3. In achain for personal adornment, an ornamental link having a body part with an opening therethrough, an ornament havin a hole therethrough, and an varm in sai hole positioned in the plane of the link and attached to the body part to support said ornament in said opening spaced from-the sides thereof. a v

4. In an, ornamental chain comprising a series of links flexibly connected together, an opening in each linkYpositioned inwardly from the periphery thereof, bendable arms' in each link positioned in the plane of the link extending toward each other into said opening, and an ornament having ,recess means to receive said arms and hold the ornament suspended in'said opening spaced from the sides thereof.

5. In a chain for personal adornment, an-

ornamental substantially flat link having a body part with an opening therein positioned inwardly from the periphery thereof, a pair of arms integral with said body part and extending toward each other into said opening from opposite sidesthereof, and an said opening by said arms extending into ornamental bead in said opening with the said arms positioned in the hole thereof to support it in thereof. a 6. In a chain for personal adornment, an

position spaced from the sides ornamental substantially flat link formed of sheet metal with a portion cutout inwardly from its edge to form an opening therethrough and leave integral bendable arms in the plane of the link and extending toward each other into said opening, an ornamental bead having a hole therethrough mounted in said hole from the opposite ends thereof.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signaturei,

KARL FASISNACHT. 

